Current Projects chat and miscellany

IT LIVES!!!!!
So yep- excited.

full on tark machine?

nah....polo!
no its for training- Nottinghamshire is quite flat.
has 3 sets of bars with it...(no risers)

probably end up set up exactly the same as the new road bike (when I get it)
Drop bars, and Tri extensions to chuck on at random points.

the deda's look good mate

cheers for all the help. The other forks were out of stock with no word of when they might be back in.
And I was feeling a tad impatient/ had the money in the Paypal.

Just finished building this.

what rims are these?

back brake is much needed IMHO.

I've rode with trailer a lots, sometime pulling 120kg worth of stuff that required the used of disc brakes to actually slow down properly (pads got worn out after a couple months).

front and rear brakes make a massive difference, has not ridden it with a fixed wheel transmission though, but granny gearing is highly recommended, something like 50".

I've ridden it with 60" freewheel before getting an internal hubs, bloody hard work when there's a moderate load, especially up that hill in Wimbledon.

I found it quite interesting how an otherwise silent bike suddenly became alive with noises under the extra load. Made me think the drive train was going to disintegrate going uphill. I'm going to try it with a lighter gearing and a back brake first and then reinstate the gears if necessary. First job though, is picking my knees back up from the top of Crouch Hill where they left my body in protest.

as some of you may have noticed i have been doing a major clearout. here's why

Totally in love with that frame, pure porn

what rims are these?

Campagnolo Lambda

as some of you may have noticed i have been doing a major clearout. here's why

Saw your post on retrobike and thought as much.
What are you putting on it?

as some of you may have noticed i have been doing a major clearout. here's why

Sparlky to the power of sparkly

Somec is so nice, I remember seeing it for sale. bargain too compared to what they go for on the bay.

I found it quite interesting how an otherwise silent bike suddenly became alive with noises under the extra load. Made me think the drive train was going to disintegrate going uphill. I'm going to try it with a lighter gearing and a back brake first and then reinstate the gears if necessary. First job though, is picking my knees back up from the top of Crouch Hill where they left my body in protest.

I pull around 50kgs with my SS Swift around Putney on 51.6 GI. From the river up to the heath is manageable but I think I'd want gears if I was doing anything steeper than that tbh. Definitely wouldn't want to do it without (two) good brakes either.

as some of you may have noticed i have been doing a major clearout. here's why

the one off retrobike that i posted in porn a week or so ago?

you, sir, have taste.

the old somecs with the lsd-decal-paints are awesome. a shame that it isn't the original fork.

Id swap out the forks for sure, but loving the frame, sweet as.

IT LIVES!!!!!
So yep- excited.

Nice cranks

Any advice on where i can get this repaired and painted?

dear god ... please let this be a joke

:)

Poor bastard...

Vaz will be the cheapest...

If this isn't a joke...